Conditions for establishment, reorganization and dissolution of employment service centers in Vietnam

Conditions for establishment, reorganization and dissolution of employment service centers in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 3 of Decree 23/2021/ND-CP, conditions for establishment, reorganization and dissolution of employment service centers in Vietnam are as follows:

(1) Establishment conditions

- Having the objectives, functions and tasks of providing public employment services;

- According with the planning of employment service centers approved by competent authorities;

- Having working offices or projects for allocation of land for the construction of offices already approved by competent authorities (in case of building new offices);

- Having equipment used for performing the tasks specified in Article 7 of Decree 23/2021/ND-CP in accordance with the standards and norms of specialized machinery and equipment issued by competent authorities;

- Having at least 15 persons working as civil servants;

- The authority having competence in establishment shall provide funding for public employment services in accordance with the provisions of law.

(2) Conditions for re-establishment and dissolution

Conditions for reorganization and dissolution of employment service centers shall be subject to the Government’s regulations on establishment, reorganization and dissolution of public service units.

(3) An employment service center that is newly established or reorganized must implement the plan related to offices, equipment and personnel within 90 days from the date of issuance of an establishment decision. In case where it is necessary to establish a new employment service center, the existing employment service center must cover all regular and investment costs and expenses by itself.

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Duties of employment service centers in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 7 of Decree 23/2021/ND-CP stipulates that employment service centers have the following tasks:

- Counseling activities, including:

+ Providing counsel and orientation regarding career and national occupational skill qualification framework for employees choosing professions and training plans suitable to their capabilities and aspirations;

+ Providing job counsels in order for employees to choose job positions suitable to their capabilities and aspirations; counsels on job application skills; self-employment and domestic and foreign job search;

+ Providing employers with counsels on recruitment, placement and management of employees; on administration and development of jobs, and human resource development;

+ Providing employees and employers with counsels on labor and employment policies.

- Job recommendation to employees.

- Labor outsourcing and recruitment upon employer’s request, Including:

+ Recruiting employees through pre-employment tests to select qualified employees meeting the requirements of employers;

 Supplying employees at employer’s request;

+ Introducing employees to enterprises licensed to send Vietnamese workers abroad under contracts, organizations and individuals investing in foreign countries or public service units under the control of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and Governmental bodies that are assigned the tasks of sending Vietnamese workers to work abroad under contracts according to the provisions of the Law on Vietnamese Laborers under Contracts.

- Collecting and providing labor market information.

- Analyzing and forecasting the labor market.

- Implementing unemployment insurance policies under regulations of the Law on Employment.

- Providing training in interview, job search and other skills; vocational education in accordance with law.

- Implementing employment-related programs and projects.

Mai Thanh Loi

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